The art of using moderate abilities to advantage often brings greater results than actual brilliance — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
A cut glass English accent can fool unsuspecting Americans into detecting a brilliance that isn't there — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
Any page by Paul Goodman will give you not only originality and brilliance but wisdom, that is, something to think about. He… — Hayden Carruth Copy Share Image
“Yes, I suppose so," answered Anna, as though wondering at the boldness of his question; but the irrepressible, quivering brilliance of her… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
Melissa Pritchard's prose, that darkly lyrical firmament, is brightened by the dizzy luminous arrangement of her stars and satellites, her great gifts… — Antonya Nelson Copy Share Image
“Brilliance is the masterpiece of your mind. Excellence is the masterpiece of your heart. Genius is the masterpiece of your soul.” — Matshona Dhliwayo Copy Share Image
We took nothing from anybody. We gave a great deal to the world. The only thing keeping us alive is our brilliance.… — Edwin Land Copy Share Image
“Once upon a time, I had two close friends. Shocking, I know, given my natural charm, but there are those who just… — Julie Kagawa Copy Share Image
It's critical that we use a very dark brush to paint evil. When you bring the light into that darkness as characterized… — Ted Dekker Copy Share Image
Brilliance is a blessed ignorance of innocent mind, impatient heart and intuitive soul to ignite curiosity that leads and culminates into sheer… — Anuj Somany Copy Share Image
I believe that human brilliance manifests itself only in flashes, among rare individuals. For this reason, humanity as a whole is enormously… — Pentti Linkola Copy Share Image
Rumors are like lightning on summer tinder, producing flames that dance in flickering brilliance from person to person, sometimes flaring in great… — Stephen Leigh Copy Share Image
The brilliance here is appropriation: space, form and interface combine to create a Jetsons sound machine. A dream of music access that… — Tucker Viemeister Copy Share Image
Alan Kay's famous aphorism is that perspective is worth 80 IQ points. An innovative insight is not the product of an individual's… — Gary Hamel Copy Share Image
“On that night I was left with only the truth that nothing of our personality survives after death, that in the end… — Gary Shteyngart Copy Share Image
Of course you can do it. It doesn't require brilliance. It's just giving yourself permission and then being persistent. Persistent in seeing… — Bill Drayton Copy Share Image
Pain heightens every sense. More powerfully than any drug, it intensifies colors, sounds, sight, feelings. Pain is like a glass wall. It… — Suzanne Massie Copy Share Image
Sometimes I wonder if the semi-conscious agenda of the media is to get between people and their souls. It is the the… — Michael Leunig Copy Share Image
“You are the forward edge of life's advancement; in this moment in time you are the finest expression of life's brilliance.” — Bryant McGill Copy Share Image
Suicide is a crime of loneliness, and adulated people can be frighteningly alone. Intelligence does not help in these circumstances; brilliance is… — Andrew Solomon Copy Share Image
A volunteer, you assign yourself specific roles and risks according to your judgement of their brilliance and importance, and you see when… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
I saw "Follies" again at thirty, and you know, I had this great appreciation for [Stephen] Sondheim's brilliance, his lyrics. — Charles Busch Copy Share Image
The deadpan brilliance of John McCrea has been underrepresented in music since 2004, when Cake served up 'Pressure Chief.' — Karan Mahajan Copy Share Image
“You're bloody brilliant, Ranulf." "Well, yes," Ian said as Win let him go and headed toward the door. "But would you mind… — Kristen Callihan Copy Share Image
The undisturbed mind is like the calm body water reflecting the brilliance of the moon. Empty the mind and you will realize… — Yagyu Jubei Mitsuyoshi Copy Share Image
“For a world full of universities, brilliant people and clever corporations it sure is a pit of hell and sorrow for billions.… — Bryant McGill Copy Share Image
Asanas bring perfection in body, beauty in form, grace, strength, compactness, and the hardness and brilliance of a diamond. — Patanjali Copy Share Image
The ultimate power of a successful general staff lies, not in the brilliance of its individual members, but in the cross-fertilisation of… — Reg Revans Copy Share Image
It is precisely because we resist the darkness in ourselves that we miss the depths of the loveliness, beauty, brilliance, creativity, and… — Thomas Moore Copy Share Image
Accept and acknowledge your own brilliance. Stop waiting for others to tell you how great you are! Believe it for yourself and… — Iyanla Vanzant Copy Share Image
Whatever that ["transfiguration" by Bob Dylan] means, it's true that the poetic brilliance of the early career would never really reappear. — Bob Dylan Copy Share Image
The brilliance of Max Brooks is that he always quotes authorities at the back of his books that never existed. Like a… — Mel Brooks Copy Share Image
The brilliance of art as a collectible is that it has a way of reaching out on an emotional level. It touches… — Robert Genn Copy Share Image
Had there not been a Mary Todd, there would not have been an Abraham Lincoln. She found him when he was a… — Sally Field Copy Share Image
The cross is the great jewel of the Christian faith and like every great jewel it has many precious facets that are… — Mark Driscoll Copy Share Image
The poetic image […] is not an echo of the past. On the contrary: through the brilliance of any image, the distant… — Gaston Bachelard Copy Share Image
What is virtue? reason put into practice: -talent? reason expressed with brilliance: -soul? reason delicately put forth; and genius is sublime reason. — Andre Chenier Copy Share Image
Dream big and surround yourself with brilliance, even if you end up dressed up like a flower or a sexually transmitted disease. — Peter Gabriel Copy Share Image
“In your pursuit of intelligence, never leave behind the sense of brilliance because a car needs the key to start” — Adeola O. Ajibabi Copy Share Image
My first book was the most successful debut novel in the UK ever and every one of my books has reached number… — Kathy Reichs Copy Share Image
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